Rug machine



Oct. 23; 1934.

G. H, MORROW RUG MACHINE Filed March 26, 1954 fear-7 lyarr w 6 9 mQttorpeg Patented Oct. 23, 1934 STATES reuse;

RUG MACHINE I George H. Morrow, Portland, Oreg. a Application March 26,1934, Serial No. 71 7 ,293 L V I Claims. (01. ilz-so) My inventionrelates to improvements in rug making or tur fing machines, having forits particular objects, simplification, inexpensiveness of manufactureand improvements of operation. 5 Essentially the invention embodies abifurcated or forked frame formed of two alike side memhere or legs,spacedly'held in parallelrelationship by an intervening end or handlemember. Between the legs is mounted a reciprocating needle together Withthe mechanism for, 'im: parting such movement thereto, together with animproved guide for the needle which is readily adjustable to regulatethe spacing or distance between needle strokes. I u a 'One ofthe'principal objects of theinvention is to provide a rug machine whichis simple, easy and inexpensive to manufacture. H Another object'oftheinvention is to provide improvementsin the needles of rug making or-;Sf turfing machines, whereby the turf or loops are all of thesamelength, preventing the pulling of such loops, and avoiding anunevenness or irregularity in the pile of the finished product.

A' further object of the invention is to provide an improved needleguide, one which is easily adjusted for regulating the distance ,orspacing of the needle travel over the. fabric operated uponythe distancebetween strokes. A continued object of the invention is to pro- 3 vide adevice of this character constructed of such few andsimple parts thatthe average personmay readily understand and operate it.)

Furtherobjects and purposes. offthe invention will be ascertained upon.reading the specifica ,35 tion following, assisted by the accompanyingdrawing, wherein: I Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary, rear elevation, partially'in section, of theinvention f Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating theadjustable needle guide.

Figure 4 is an. elevation of a needleemployed in the invention. 4

Figure 5 is a perspective of the needle guide. .45 Figure 6 is a sideelevation, illustrating'the' invention in operation. .7

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout'the several views.I In the drawing my invention 'will"be seen as consisting of a frame 1formed'of two alike and interchangeable side members or legs v2 securedto an ,interveningspacer'S. Members 2 are somewhat elongated andaresecured to opposite sides of spacer 3 by any suitable means such as thescrews 4. Members 2 and 3 may be of any members or heads, orstops 22.

material suitable. for this purpose. As will be seen spacer 3 isconsiderably shorter than side members 2, this being in order to providea space 5 between suchsldemembers which extends the major portion oftheir length.- The end of frame ,1 Where legs 2 and spacer Barejoined'constitutes the handle portion of the device.

The lowerend of each-leg 2 has an elongated guide carrying slot 6. Theseslots are identical ineach legand extend lengthwise thereof. On i theouter face of each leg in the region of the slot 6 are out or otherwiseindented notches 7-. Slots 6- and notches '7 are for holding and posi-Vtioning a guide hereinafterdescribed. The lower ends 8 of legs2 aretreads or feet, and frame 1 is helduprightupon such feet while beingoperated. l V

The invention employs a hollow or cylindrical needle 9-provided with ashankor pitman upper portion 10 terminating in a bearing slot 11 openingthrough one edge-of such pitman. i This seats upon crank--13 ofcrankshaft 12. A slide 11a, movable back and forth on pitman 10, isprovided with a fingerllb which may be slid over the opening into slot11, closing it and prohibiting the needlefrom becoming detached. Theforegoing p rmits of ready exchange of needles, thereby permittingdifferent sizes of needles to be. employed.- Crankshaft -12 hasbearingsor spindles 14 and 15, andan operating crank and handle 16 and 17-respectively. Spindles or bearings 14 and 15 are rotatably carried inlegs 2, as indicated in Figure 2, with needle 9 operatively connected tocrank 13 as heretofore indicated. In order to maintain needle 9 initsproper operative position, 0 and to properly guide it in its operation,a suitable guide,18 is provided; Guide 18 consists of a central or guideportion 19 having an aperture 20 in which'needle 9 operates asparticularly shown Figure 3. Extending from opposite sides of thecentral portion 19 are radially projecting portions or arms 21terminating in cross Members 22 and 21 together form T-shaped armsprojecting from the central portion 19. The arms 21 extend through slots6 of legs 2 with heads 22 bearing upon the outer facesthereof. Each head22 ex: tends across aslot 6, and the heads being longer than the widthof such slots, they cannot pass therethrough unless member 18 is turnedaxially ninety degrees, The normal condition of the heads, as shown inthe drawing, is transversely over such slots.

The inner faces of the heads 22 are V-shaped at 23 to enable them toseat in notches '7 which are likewise V-shaped. The distance between theinner faces 23 of heads 22 is less than the distance between the outerfaces of legs 2, therefore, when guide 18 is in the position shown, legs2 are sprung together somewhat, as will be seen in Figure 2. The urge ofthe legs 2 to unspring or assume normal position causes them to pressagainst the V- faces, thus holding such faces in the notches 7, andconsequently the member 18 against shifting. In Figure 2 it will benoted that there are more than one notch on each leg, there being six inthis in-. stance, one above the other. This provides for six positionsin which member 18 may be posi-'- tioned. The vertical position of guide18 governs the spacing or length of the stitches made by needle 9.Needle 9 fulcrums on guide 18, hence" when guide 18 is maintained in theuppermost notches '7, the lower or penetrating end of needle 9 rocks itsgreatest distance, while the'reverse is true when guide 18 is held bythe lowermost notches, and the intermediate notches provide for alteringthe rock of the needle to intermediate degrees. 7

As before stated needle 9 is hollow or cylindrical, and the thread oryarn used by the machine is threadedtherethrough. To this end an opening24 is provided in the intermediate bodyportion of the needle. The lowerend of the needle is cut away on one side as indicated at 25, andinwardly curved from the point or region 26 to its lower end, thusproviding the penetrating point 2'7. Yarn 28 is threaded throughopeningj24 into and through the body of the needle andout through thecut away portion 25. -An eye 29' is provided in the curved end of 'theneedle, and the yarn passing out of the cut away portion25 is passedtherethrough. After this has been done the needle is ready foroperation.

In operation, the machine is used iii-conjunction with pattern linesdelineated upon a fabric, such as burlap. The machine is held'upright bythe handle with the feet 8 astraddle' of 'the'line to be followed. Crank16, by means of handle 1'7,v is operated. This causes the needle toalternately penetrate and recede from the fabric. As it penetrates thefabric it carries the yarn therethrough, and as it recedes it leavesyarn-in the form of loops 30, as shown in Figure 6, on the side of thefabric opposite to which the machine is operated. The needle by reasonof the fulcrum'established in the member '18, recedes from the fabric tothe rear of legs 2, as shown by the dotted outline in Figure 6, andenters the fabric forwardly of such legs, as shown by fullline inFigure-e. *Thusas it alternately enters and reconstruction of thepresent needles Needle 9 penetrates the fabric 31 'to approximately thepoint 26 where its lower curvature commences. There'- fore, by reason ofsuch curvature, its widthdecreases as it is being withdrawn, and thepressure against the yarn or frictional pull decreases, leaving the loopundisturbed on the underside of the fabric 31.

of the aforesaid slots.

1. In a rug machine, a bifurcated frame formed of a pair of spaced legssecured to a handle member at their upper ends and provided withelongated slots extending longitudinally thereof proximate their lowerends, a loop forming needle operatively mounted between said legs, aguide through which said needle operates, arms projecting from saidguide and extending through the aforesaid slots, cross members on theouter ends of said arms engaging the outer faces of said legs, andnotches formed in the outer'faces of such legs to intersect theaforesaid slots forming seats for the aforesaid cross members.

2. In a rug machine, a bifurcated frame formed of a pair of spaced legssecured to a handle member at their upper ends and provided withelongated slots extending longitudinally thereof proximate their lowerends, a crankshaft rotatively mounted between said legs, a loop formingneedle operatively connected to said crankshaft, a guide through whichsaid needle operates, arms projecting from said guide and extendingthrough the aforesaid slots, cross members on the outer ends of saidarms extending over the outer faces of said legs, and seats in the outerfaces of such legs in which said cross members are adapted to seat.

3. In a rug machine, a bifurcated frame formed of a pair of spaced legssecured to a handle member at'their upper ends and provided withelongated slots extending longitudinally thereof proximate their lowerends, a crankshaft rotatively mounted between said legs, aloop formingneedle provided with a shank upper end, a notch bearing in the upper endof such shank adapted to seat upon the crank of such crank shaft, aslide upon said shank, a finger projecting from said slide and adapted.when said slide is moved upwardly to cover, the opening into said notchbearing and prevent the removal thereof from said crank, a

guide through which said needle operates, arms projecting from saidguideand extending through the aforesaid slots, cross members on the outerends of said arms extending over the outer faces of said legs, and seatsin the outer faces of such legs in which said cross members are adaptedto seat.

'4. The herein described frame embodying spaced legs having slots intheir lower ends and the needle guide associated therewith provided withportions extending through said slots and terminating ,in cross membersseating upon the outer faces of said legs.

5. In a rug machine, a pairof alike legs secured at their upper ends inspaced relationship with each" other and provided with slots proximatetheir lower ends, a loop forming needle operatively mounted between saidlegs, a guide through which said needle operates, arms projecting fromsaid guideand extending through the aforesaid slots, cross members onthe outer ends of said arms engaging the outer faces of said legs, the

length of such arms being less than the distance between the outer facesof said legs thereby springing such legs toward each other whereby theunspringing urge of the legs causes them to press against said crossmembers, and notches formingfseats for the aforesaid cross membersformed in the outer faces of said legs in the region GEORGE H. MORROW.

